Samsung Galaxy Nexus officially announced

wilt · 19-10-2011, 02:47

Looks like the phone specs have been announced a bit early:http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/18/g...amsung-google/

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By now there aren’t many surprises left, but Google and Samsung have officially announced the Galaxy Nexus. The flagship phone features a 4.65-inch 1280 x 720 HD Super AMOLED screen (which, according to our calculations, is roughly 315ppi —not quite the density of iPhone 4, but very close), a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and of course Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. There’s 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB internal memory, and a 1750mAh battery. The Galaxy Nexus has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash on the back, which Samsung says will take stills “with zero shutter lag” and video up to 1080p at 30fps, and on the front a 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling.

Other than the screen which looks pretty amazing, there's nothing too revolutionary in my opinion.

I'm looking forward to hearing more about ICS though, hopefully they'll have a good headline feature or two to pull out of the bag.

MrSuper · 19-10-2011, 02:59

You're over 10 hours late my friend!

I already mentioned the specs here - http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1557082 - earlier today at 4pm and it's the exact same as what you posted.

Early bird gets the worm!

wilt · 19-10-2011, 04:08

Well not exactly late, I posted as soon as the official press release was made public. Up until that point anything posted is pretty much rumour. But since you seem to want the recognition for being 'first', then yes, you were. Well done *pats head*.

Also your post said nothing of the 'zero shutter lag' which is pretty major in my opinion. Also omitted was the 16gb option.

ICS was the big announcement at the event however, with quite a few new and improved features announced. Can't wait to put it onto my Nexus S, hopefully it will run fine.

Pity the face recognition demo didn't work, that seems pretty neat...looks like it drops back to pattern entry if it can't recognise you though, which is good.

unklesam · 19-10-2011, 05:41

When is Ice Cream sandwich out?

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 06:43

Right seen/heard enough to know this will be my next phone so now need to know when it's released, what networks and what price....can't wait !!!!

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 10:05

Hmmm quite a few tech sites are saying it's a disappointing spec and that the Galaxy SII has a better spec and is faster? Am I best going for this instead and hoping it's updatable to ICS, I can't really see what I am gaining getting the Prime other than a slightly bigger screen?

Roush · 19-10-2011, 10:52

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Originally Posted by unklesam

When is Ice Cream sandwich out?

Google still haven't confirmed whether or not it will be released separately.

call100 · 19-10-2011, 11:50

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Originally Posted by Roush

Google still haven't confirmed whether or not it will be released separately.

Well they have.....sort of..Nexus and other Androids to be updated

paulbrock · 19-10-2011, 11:53

Vs galaxy s2, bigger, better screen, nfc, faster Internet I think, slightly thinner maybe? Possibly better camera - they're taking a bit of a risk going for a " lower" spec in megapixels, so I presume that's balanced by lower noise/better low light performance. It's galaxy s2.5, with 3 to follow next year. I wonder if apple will sue them for copying their release cycles....

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 14:04

Just picked this up from another site - Phones 4U tells us that it'll be offering the Galaxy Nexus free on £46/month contracts, and for £29.95 on a £41/month contract, that's pretty steep, hopefully others might be more competitive, I was hoping for something around the £35 tops given it's not the highest spec phone out there?

paulbrock · 19-10-2011, 14:12

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Originally Posted by spendleb

I was hoping for something around the £35 tops given it's not the highest spec phone out there?

I'm not convinced its underspecced. I would expect it to be more expensive than the SII, and is only suffering from a lower processor, but a faster OS. I've yet to see any complaints about the camera, other than marketing "it has less megapixels". Still enough megapixels for full HD video.

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 14:21

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Originally Posted by paulbrock

I'm not convinced its underspecced. I would expect it to be more expensive than the SII, and is only suffering from a lower processor, but a faster OS. I've yet to see any complaints about the camera, other than marketing "it has less megapixels". Still enough megapixels for full HD video.

Just seen one review saying they thought the camera was unimpressive on testing and appeared to be a step backwards from the SGII but most reviews suggest the main selling point putting this ahead of it's rivals is ICS....maybe they will hold off allowing this onto older devices until they have sold enough new phones

linkinpark875 · 19-10-2011, 14:21

Don't like it. Looks ugly.

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 14:49

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Originally Posted by linkinpark875

Don't like it. Looks ugly.

Where do you get 'ugly' from? It's size? I would never say it was ugly?

david.boobis · 19-10-2011, 15:17

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Originally Posted by spendleb

Just seen one review saying they thought the camera was unimpressive on testing and appeared to be a step backwards from the SGII but most reviews suggest the main selling point putting this ahead of it's rivals is ICS....maybe they will hold off allowing this onto older devices until they have sold enough new phones

The Nexus range of phones have never been about sales. They're about creating a reference design for the latest iteration of the OS, and giving tinkerers something to play with without manufacturer or carrier bloatware on it. Google knows better than the bite the hand that feeds them by releasing their own handset that blows everything else out of the water.

linkinpark875 · 19-10-2011, 15:21

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Originally Posted by spendleb

Where do you get 'ugly' from? It's size? I would never say it was ugly?

I don't like big phones but it was not the screen size.

Just the shape and material I don't like.

MrSuper · 19-10-2011, 16:27

Clove have just issued a post on their blog and have confirmed they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from early November. Price is £514.80 incl. VAT which isn't too bad in my opinion, but this is for the 16GB version.

According to Clove the 32GB Samsung Galaxy Nexus will not see a UK release. Bummer!

http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/10/19/s...clove-429-vat/

Dai13371 · 19-10-2011, 17:49

It uses a Texas Instruments OMAP4460 CPU rather than a Samsung one (which is odd) and is under-clocked from 1.5ghz. Modders probably have one running at 1.8Ghz by now. Still, various reviews are saying that it is the quickest Android phone ever built mostly I suppose because of ICS.

spendleb · 19-10-2011, 18:08

wonder how long until we see contract prices appear and pre ordering? Sure it was a couple of days with the iPhone after the announcement?

wilt · 19-10-2011, 19:49

No pricing yet but in addition to Clove (see above), it looks like Three, O2 and Vodafone will be offering the Galaxy Nexus.

Looks like Google have learned that, like it or not, they need to networks to distribute the Nexus line for them or they're dead in the water.

zantarous · 19-10-2011, 23:34

No 32GB in the UK WTF? Why? I was all geared up to jump from iOS to Android but that has put me off now. My 32GB iphone is always nearly full.

paulbrock · 19-10-2011, 23:44

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Originally Posted by zantarous

No 32GB in the UK WTF? Why? I was all geared up to jump from iOS to Android but that has put me off now. My 32GB iphone is always nearly full.

memory cards. Considerably less than a £100 step up to the next iphone storage level.

edit: though there seems to be conflicting reports on with the GN has one. if, not then the Galaxy 2 or 3 depending on when you're due for a new phone. 16GB micro SD memory = £13 on amazon. 32 GB micro SD = £30.

The Lord Lucan · 20-10-2011, 02:14

Kinda underwhelming considering the hype and hysteria before the launch..

seems the whole electronics industry is in a go slow innovation wise this year.... japan quake maybe?

linkinpark875 · 20-10-2011, 03:21

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Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan

Kinda underwhelming considering the hype and hysteria before the launch..

I think the smart phone market has slowed the innovation. They focus too much on apps, software rather than design and cameras now.

You have Android (they kind of all look the same lets be honest), Blackberry and Iphone) That's the choice people have some go with BB for design and others the other two.

Think of the great Samsung phones like Pixon or older slide model phones. Some were great.

Sony Ericsson is another since going to Android. Tell me what is the flagship model these days? Xperia but which model? There's 30 cloned models cheap budge ones all looking the same. From a company that use to innovate in the way Apple did Ipod vs Walkman phones and the Iphone's early camera being poor vs Sony Ericssons photographer pushed high end Cybershot phones? No wonder sales have dropped.

Think of all the camera phones that dropped mega pixel after the Iphone 3GS? I bet the new 8MP in the Iphone could boost the camera phone market again how long before a company tries to say how much better "there" camera is than Apple's Iphone 4S?

It was a disaster for SE C905 was the last great cutting edge design followed by W995 and the X905 was full of faults. They launched the Satio a bit of a confusion last good camera phone but they picked the wrong OS Symbian lots of faults and returns and lost ground to Samsung. Now the Galaxy S2 is seen as the proper Android alternative to the Iphone 4S.

If you want to blame lack of innovation blame Android or atleast the companies for focusing on software over the hardware. My ideal phone would be a bit more of a camera phone deisgn than Iphone's simple one maybe a Pixon 12 back but with the simplicity of Apple IOS.

For me Iphone 4 was the best innovation design wise it was not far off the LG Viewty idea back in 2007. Back to the OS thing I'm surprised Samsung never pushed the Bada OS from the Wave phones over Android the handset was much better looking than the old Galaxy and despite the lesser app store I found the device a little smoother than Android. But saying that you have to look back to the old early smart phones Blackberry, xperia the Nokia's they all had the same problem boring deisgn (maybe the only stand out Nokia being N95).

Bring back Cybershot, Walkman, Snakes, LG Renoir, Prada the early 3G phones, all the cutting edge features, design that lacks these days.

spendleb · 20-10-2011, 08:49

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Originally Posted by linkinpark875

Back to the OS thing I'm surprised Samsung never pushed the Bada OS from the Wave phones over Android the handset was much better looking than the old Galaxy and despite the lesser app store I found the device a little smoother than Android.

So OT but is the Samsung Wave a decent phone? Want one for my dad for xmas and I can get the Wave 2 for £96 but the lack of Android put me off?

19-10-2011, 02:47	#1
wilt Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Potterspury Posts: 930	Samsung Galaxy Nexus officially announced Looks like the phone specs have been announced a bit early:http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/18/g...amsung-google/ Quote: By now there aren’t many surprises left, but Google and Samsung have officially announced the Galaxy Nexus. The flagship phone features a 4.65-inch 1280 x 720 HD Super AMOLED screen (which, according to our calculations, is roughly 315ppi —not quite the density of iPhone 4, but very close), a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, and of course Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. There’s 1GB of RAM, 16GB or 32GB internal memory, and a 1750mAh battery. The Galaxy Nexus has a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash on the back, which Samsung says will take stills “with zero shutter lag” and video up to 1080p at 30fps, and on the front a 1.3 megapixel camera for video calling. Other than the screen which looks pretty amazing, there's nothing too revolutionary in my opinion. I'm looking forward to hearing more about ICS though, hopefully they'll have a good headline feature or two to pull out of the bag.

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19-10-2011, 02:59	#2
MrSuper Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,323	You're over 10 hours late my friend! I already mentioned the specs here - http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1557082 - earlier today at 4pm and it's the exact same as what you posted. Early bird gets the worm!

19-10-2011, 04:08	#3
wilt Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Potterspury Posts: 930	Well not exactly late, I posted as soon as the official press release was made public. Up until that point anything posted is pretty much rumour. But since you seem to want the recognition for being 'first', then yes, you were. Well done pats head. Also your post said nothing of the 'zero shutter lag' which is pretty major in my opinion. Also omitted was the 16gb option. ICS was the big announcement at the event however, with quite a few new and improved features announced. Can't wait to put it onto my Nexus S, hopefully it will run fine. Pity the face recognition demo didn't work, that seems pretty neat...looks like it drops back to pattern entry if it can't recognise you though, which is good.

19-10-2011, 05:41	#4
unklesam Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 996	When is Ice Cream sandwich out?

19-10-2011, 06:43	#5
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Right seen/heard enough to know this will be my next phone so now need to know when it's released, what networks and what price....can't wait !!!!

19-10-2011, 10:05	#6
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Hmmm quite a few tech sites are saying it's a disappointing spec and that the Galaxy SII has a better spec and is faster? Am I best going for this instead and hoping it's updatable to ICS, I can't really see what I am gaining getting the Prime other than a slightly bigger screen?

19-10-2011, 10:52	#7
Roush Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 2,938	Quote: Originally Posted by unklesam When is Ice Cream sandwich out? Google still haven't confirmed whether or not it will be released separately.

19-10-2011, 11:50	#8
call100 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,572	Quote: Originally Posted by Roush Google still haven't confirmed whether or not it will be released separately. Well they have.....sort of..Nexus and other Androids to be updated

19-10-2011, 11:53	#9
paulbrock Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wapping, London Posts: 16,222	Vs galaxy s2, bigger, better screen, nfc, faster Internet I think, slightly thinner maybe? Possibly better camera - they're taking a bit of a risk going for a " lower" spec in megapixels, so I presume that's balanced by lower noise/better low light performance. It's galaxy s2.5, with 3 to follow next year. I wonder if apple will sue them for copying their release cycles....

19-10-2011, 14:04	#10
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Just picked this up from another site - Phones 4U tells us that it'll be offering the Galaxy Nexus free on £46/month contracts, and for £29.95 on a £41/month contract, that's pretty steep, hopefully others might be more competitive, I was hoping for something around the £35 tops given it's not the highest spec phone out there?

19-10-2011, 14:12	#11
paulbrock Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wapping, London Posts: 16,222	Quote: Originally Posted by spendleb I was hoping for something around the £35 tops given it's not the highest spec phone out there? I'm not convinced its underspecced. I would expect it to be more expensive than the SII, and is only suffering from a lower processor, but a faster OS. I've yet to see any complaints about the camera, other than marketing "it has less megapixels". Still enough megapixels for full HD video.

19-10-2011, 14:21	#12
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Quote: Originally Posted by paulbrock I'm not convinced its underspecced. I would expect it to be more expensive than the SII, and is only suffering from a lower processor, but a faster OS. I've yet to see any complaints about the camera, other than marketing "it has less megapixels". Still enough megapixels for full HD video. Just seen one review saying they thought the camera was unimpressive on testing and appeared to be a step backwards from the SGII but most reviews suggest the main selling point putting this ahead of it's rivals is ICS....maybe they will hold off allowing this onto older devices until they have sold enough new phones

19-10-2011, 14:21	#13
linkinpark875 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24,424	Don't like it. Looks ugly.

19-10-2011, 14:49	#14
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Quote: Originally Posted by linkinpark875 Don't like it. Looks ugly. Where do you get 'ugly' from? It's size? I would never say it was ugly?

19-10-2011, 15:17	#15
david.boobis Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 376	Quote: Originally Posted by spendleb Just seen one review saying they thought the camera was unimpressive on testing and appeared to be a step backwards from the SGII but most reviews suggest the main selling point putting this ahead of it's rivals is ICS....maybe they will hold off allowing this onto older devices until they have sold enough new phones The Nexus range of phones have never been about sales. They're about creating a reference design for the latest iteration of the OS, and giving tinkerers something to play with without manufacturer or carrier bloatware on it. Google knows better than the bite the hand that feeds them by releasing their own handset that blows everything else out of the water.

19-10-2011, 15:21	#16
linkinpark875 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24,424	Quote: Originally Posted by spendleb Where do you get 'ugly' from? It's size? I would never say it was ugly? I don't like big phones but it was not the screen size. Just the shape and material I don't like.

19-10-2011, 16:27	#17
MrSuper Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Glasgow Posts: 9,323	Clove have just issued a post on their blog and have confirmed they will be selling the Samsung Galaxy Nexus from early November. Price is £514.80 incl. VAT which isn't too bad in my opinion, but this is for the 16GB version. According to Clove the 32GB Samsung Galaxy Nexus will not see a UK release. Bummer! http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/10/19/s...clove-429-vat/

19-10-2011, 17:49	#18
Dai13371 Forum Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ammanford, South Wales Posts: 7,911	It uses a Texas Instruments OMAP4460 CPU rather than a Samsung one (which is odd) and is under-clocked from 1.5ghz. Modders probably have one running at 1.8Ghz by now. Still, various reviews are saying that it is the quickest Android phone ever built mostly I suppose because of ICS.

19-10-2011, 18:08	#19
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	wonder how long until we see contract prices appear and pre ordering? Sure it was a couple of days with the iPhone after the announcement?

19-10-2011, 19:49	#20
wilt Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Potterspury Posts: 930	No pricing yet but in addition to Clove (see above), it looks like Three, O2 and Vodafone will be offering the Galaxy Nexus. Looks like Google have learned that, like it or not, they need to networks to distribute the Nexus line for them or they're dead in the water.

19-10-2011, 23:34	#21
zantarous Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ealing, London Posts: 2,140	No 32GB in the UK WTF? Why? I was all geared up to jump from iOS to Android but that has put me off now. My 32GB iphone is always nearly full.

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19-10-2011, 23:44	#22
paulbrock Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wapping, London Posts: 16,222	Quote: Originally Posted by zantarous No 32GB in the UK WTF? Why? I was all geared up to jump from iOS to Android but that has put me off now. My 32GB iphone is always nearly full. memory cards. Considerably less than a £100 step up to the next iphone storage level. edit: though there seems to be conflicting reports on with the GN has one. if, not then the Galaxy 2 or 3 depending on when you're due for a new phone. 16GB micro SD memory = £13 on amazon. 32 GB micro SD = £30.

20-10-2011, 02:14	#23
The Lord Lucan Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 4,966	Kinda underwhelming considering the hype and hysteria before the launch.. seems the whole electronics industry is in a go slow innovation wise this year.... japan quake maybe?

20-10-2011, 03:21	#24
linkinpark875 Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 24,424	Quote: Originally Posted by The Lord Lucan Kinda underwhelming considering the hype and hysteria before the launch.. I think the smart phone market has slowed the innovation. They focus too much on apps, software rather than design and cameras now. You have Android (they kind of all look the same lets be honest), Blackberry and Iphone) That's the choice people have some go with BB for design and others the other two. Think of the great Samsung phones like Pixon or older slide model phones. Some were great. Sony Ericsson is another since going to Android. Tell me what is the flagship model these days? Xperia but which model? There's 30 cloned models cheap budge ones all looking the same. From a company that use to innovate in the way Apple did Ipod vs Walkman phones and the Iphone's early camera being poor vs Sony Ericssons photographer pushed high end Cybershot phones? No wonder sales have dropped. Think of all the camera phones that dropped mega pixel after the Iphone 3GS? I bet the new 8MP in the Iphone could boost the camera phone market again how long before a company tries to say how much better "there" camera is than Apple's Iphone 4S? It was a disaster for SE C905 was the last great cutting edge design followed by W995 and the X905 was full of faults. They launched the Satio a bit of a confusion last good camera phone but they picked the wrong OS Symbian lots of faults and returns and lost ground to Samsung. Now the Galaxy S2 is seen as the proper Android alternative to the Iphone 4S. If you want to blame lack of innovation blame Android or atleast the companies for focusing on software over the hardware. My ideal phone would be a bit more of a camera phone deisgn than Iphone's simple one maybe a Pixon 12 back but with the simplicity of Apple IOS. For me Iphone 4 was the best innovation design wise it was not far off the LG Viewty idea back in 2007. Back to the OS thing I'm surprised Samsung never pushed the Bada OS from the Wave phones over Android the handset was much better looking than the old Galaxy and despite the lesser app store I found the device a little smoother than Android. But saying that you have to look back to the old early smart phones Blackberry, xperia the Nokia's they all had the same problem boring deisgn (maybe the only stand out Nokia being N95). Bring back Cybershot, Walkman, Snakes, LG Renoir, Prada the early 3G phones, all the cutting edge features, design that lacks these days.

20-10-2011, 08:49	#25
spendleb Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,899	Quote: Originally Posted by linkinpark875 Back to the OS thing I'm surprised Samsung never pushed the Bada OS from the Wave phones over Android the handset was much better looking than the old Galaxy and despite the lesser app store I found the device a little smoother than Android. So OT but is the Samsung Wave a decent phone? Want one for my dad for xmas and I can get the Wave 2 for £96 but the lack of Android put me off?